![An MC-130E Combat Talon I taxies onto the flightline during an aircraft retirement ceremony at Cannon Air Force Base, N.M., June 22, 2012. This particular Talon I was the lead aircraft that performed a Prisoner of War extraction in North Vietnam called the Son Tay Raid in 1970. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Alexxis Pons Abascal) An MC-130E Combat Talon I taxies onto the flightline during an aircraft retirement ceremony at Cannon Air Force Base, N.M., June 22, 2012.](http://images04.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/full/public/2023-12/1time-cannon-af-base-bg.jpeg.jpg?itok=vIH4BZXO)
Home of the 27th Special Operations Wing, Cannon Air Force Base is named after General John Kenneth Cannon, a World War II Mediterranean combat commander and former chief of U. S. Air Forces in Europe.
The missions of the wing include infiltration, exfiltration and re-supply of special operations forces; air refueling of special operations rotary wing and tiltrotor aircraft; and precision fire support.
These capabilities support a variety of special operations missions.
Important Contacts
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